Vajazzlin’!

You can bedazzle your sweater. You can bedazzle a pair of jeans. But have you ever considered bedazzling your privates?

Enter the latest fashion trend: Vajazzling! New York City’s Completely Bare Spa offers a special waxing service, “followed by a Swarovski crystal tattoo design in starburst, butterfly, heart and other shapes.” According to Jennifer Love Hewitt, getting her “precious lady” covered in crystals was just what she needed to get over a breakup. “It shined like a disco ball.”

Danish Tourism Ads

Check out this hilarious clip from the Onion News Network. Why post it here? Take a look at the newscaster — he should look vaguely familiar.

Denmark Introduces Harrowing New Tourism Ads Directed By Lars Von Trier

Bad Boys

Next time you tell someone that you take aerobics, be careful — they might think this is what you do at the gym.

A hat that makes you smile

It’s been shown that the act of smiling has a positive emotional effect on the smiler. It therefore stands to reason that any device which constantly reminds us to smile must be good for us.

Enter the Happiness Hat. A sensor measures whether you’re smiling or not, and if the answer is no, you get jabbed in the head with a metal spike.

Says Lauren McCarthy, the inventor of the device, “I’m not suggesting we stab people until they smile. I’m interested in whether technology can teach us to be more human.”

365BLACK

“Like the unique African Baobab tree, which nourishes its community with its leaves and fruit, McDonald’s has branched out to the African-American community nourishing it with valuable programs and opportunities.”

This has to be a joke. I’m not African-American, and I’M offended by what is a clearly a marketing strategy to target black people.

On the feedback page, they make several statements and ask visitors to the site if they agree or disagree.  An example of one such statement is: “McDonald’s is a brand that gets me.”

Strongly disagree.

Oprah in the crosshairs… FINALLY

Oprah Winfrey has become one of the most powerful voices in entertainment today. What she declares she likes instantly turns to gold. The problem is that a lot of what she likes is pseudo-scientific bullshit, and no one has had the balls to challenge her questionable endorsements…. until now.

Newsweek has come out with an excellent article, taking Oprah to task for the many ridiculous gimmicks that have been promoted on her show. Among the quackery that’s received Oprah’s blessing:

• Suzanne Somers injects estrogen directly into her vagina (or “va-jay-jay,” as Oprah would say) in order to stay young.
• Dr. Christiane Northrup says that thyroid disorders result from a lifetime of “’swallowing’ words one is aching to say.”
• Jenny McCarthy ignores scientific studies and insists vaccinations cause autism.  (Soon she’ll have her own talk show.  Guess who’s producing it!)
• The Secret.

In all fairness to Ms. Winfrey, the article gives her a thumbs-up for her diet and fitness tips.  “Eat nutritious foods and exercise,” say her experts.  Well, at least she got that much right.